What happened in 1794?
151 recorded events in 1794, including 61 in wars & conflicts, 52 in people and 12 in religion & belief systems. A further event is dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 61
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Battle of Fleurus
1794 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Racławice
1794 battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
Battle fought in 1794
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Battle of Praga
1794 battle
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Battle of Maciejowice
1794 battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Siege of Luxembourg
1794-1795 siege during the War of the First Coalition
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Australian frontier wars
Frontier conflicts between British and European settlers and Indigenous peoples of Australia
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Battle of Tourcoing
1794 battle of the Flanders Campaign during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of the Black Mountain
1794 battle
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Battle of Tournay
1794 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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First Battle of Warsaw
1794 battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Battle of Boulou
1794 battle in the War of the Pyrenees
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Battle of Mainz
1795 siege
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Battle of Aldenhoven (1794)
1794 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Szczekociny
1794 battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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First Battle of Dego
1794 battle
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Battle of the Vosges
1794 battle
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Battle of Sprimont
1794 battle during French Revolutionary Wars
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Siege of Maastricht
1794 French siege of Maastricht by Kléber during the First Coalition War
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Battle of Chełm
1794 battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Battle of Saločiai (1794)
1794 battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Battle of the Baztan Valley
1794 battle during the War of the Pyrenees
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Battle of Orbaizeta
1794 battle
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Battle of Noirmoutier
1794 battle between Vendéens and Republicans
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Siege of Roses
1794–95 siege
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Siege of Kerman
1794 Qajar siege the capital of the Zand dynasty
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Battle of Boxtel
1794 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Lipniszki
Battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Battle at Courtrai
1794 battle in the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Bydgoszcz
1794 battle in the Kościuszko Uprising
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Battle of Gonaïves
1794 battle
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Siege of Calvi
1794 military operation
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Siege of Landrecies
1794 siege of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Kolno
Prussian-Polish Battle during the Kościuszko Uprising 1794
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Battle of Rajgród
1794 battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Battle of Martinique
1794 battle
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Battle of Mouscron
1794 War of the First Coalition battle
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Battle of Saint-Raphaël
1794 battle during the Haitian Revolution
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Battle of the Acul
1794 battle
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Battle of Port-Républicain
1794 battle
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Battle of Arlon
1794 battle in future Belgium
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Battle of Le Cateau
Battle of 1794
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Siege of Ypres
1794 during the Flanders Campaign
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Battle of Sans Culottes Camp
Battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Kobyłka
Battle of the Kościuszko Uprising
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Siege of Nijmegen
1794 siege of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of La Bombarde
1794 battle
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Battle of San Lorenzo de la Muga
Fought in 1794 between Spanish-Portuguese and French armies
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Battle of Łabiszyn
Battle of Łabiszyn (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Krupczyce
Battle near the village of Krupczyce (near today's Kobryn, Belarus), part of the Polish Revolution of 1794 (the so called Kościuszko Uprising)
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Battle of Beaumont
1794 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Villers-en-Cauchies
1794 battle during the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Gosselies
1794 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Grandreng
1794 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Kaiserslautern
1794 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Battle of Lambusart
1794 battle of the War of the First Coalition
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Siege of San Fiorenzo
1794 siege
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Battle of Puiflijk
1794
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Siege of Bastia
1794 siege of the War of the First Coalition
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Siege of Fort Recovery
1794 battle of the Northwest Indian War
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Battle of Padmanabham
Battle of Padmanabham (Wars & Conflicts).
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Politics & Government 2
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Jay's Treaty
1795 treaty between the United States and Great Britain
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Treaty of Canandaigua
1794 treaty between the United States and Iroquois
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People 52
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Antoine Lavoisier died
French nobleman and chemist (1743–1794)
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Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat de Condorcet died
French philosopher, mathematician, and political scientist (1743–1794)
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Georg Forster died
German naturalist, ethnologist, travel writer, journalist, and revolutionary (1754-1794)
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James Bruce died
Scottish explorer and botanist (1730–1794)
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Gottfried August Bürger died
German poet (1747-1794)
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Jean Gravier de Vergennes died
French diplomat
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Rudolf Erich Raspe died
German author and scientist (1736–1794)
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Caspar Friedrich Wolff died
German psychologist
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Francis Light died
Founder of the British colony on Penang in 1786
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Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra died
Spanish naval officer (1743-1794)
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Pedro Fages died
Spanish explorer
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Vasily Zuyev died
Russian naturist
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John Kendrick died
American sea captain
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Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost died
German physician
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John Roebuck died
English inventor
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Jean-Rodolphe Perronet died
French architect
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Jakub Jasiński died
Polish poet and general
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Thomas Mudge died
British horologist (1715–1794)
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Jakob Mauvillon died
German academic (1743–1794)
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Achille Pierre Dionis du Séjour died
Mathematician
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Pieter Nieuwland died
Nautical scientist (1764-1794)
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Giovanni Battista Audiffredi died
Italian astronomers
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Samuel Dunn died
British mathematician
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Francesco Maria De Regi died
Italian mathematician
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Benedykt Dobszewicz died
Polish-Lithuanian physicist (1722-1794)
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Jean Baptiste Gaspard Bochart de Saron died
French astronomer
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Denis-Pierre-Jean Papillon de la Ferté died
French theatre manager
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François de La Vérendrye died
Canadian explorer (1715-1794)
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Thomas Walker died
American explorer, (1715-1794)
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Louis Ventenat died
French Catholic priest, explorer and naturalist (1765–1794)
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Fabre d'Églantine died
French actor (1750-1794)
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Leopold August Abel died
Violinist, composer
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Jean-Benjamin de La Borde died
French composer, patron, writer and fermier général (1734–1794)
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Pierre-Ulric Dubuisson died
French actor
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Robert Baddeley died
British actor
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Madame Préville died
French actress
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John Henry died
Irish born actor and theatre manager (1746?–1794)
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Francesco Bigottini died
Italian actor
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Antonio López de Santa Anna born
Born in Xalapa. Mexican politician and military leader (1794-1876).
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William Whewell born
Born in Lancaster. English philosopher and historian of science (1794–1866).
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Wilhelm Müller born
Born in Dessau. German poet (1794-1827).
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Matthew C. Perry born
Born in Newport. American naval officer (1794–1858).
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William Cullen Bryant born
Born in Cummington. American romantic poet and journalist (1794-1878).
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Mirza Shafi Vazeh born
Born in Ganja. Azerbaijani poet.
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Pyotr Chaadayev born
Born in Moscow. Russian philosopher (1794-1856).
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Józef Bem born
Born in Tarnów. Polish general (1794–1850).
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Abbasgulu Bakikhanov born
Born in Əmircan, Baku. Azerbaijani writer and scholar.
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Aimable Pélissier born
Born in Maromme. French military officer who executed the genocide of the Ouled Riah tribe in Algeria (1794–1864).
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George Grote born
Born in Beckenham. English historian and political radical (1794–1871).
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Leopold Zunz born
Born in Detmold. German Reform Rabbi (1794-1886).
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Wei Yuan born
Born in Shaoyang. Qing dynasty Chinese scholar (1794-1857).
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Valentín Canalizo born
Born in Tabasco. President of Mexico (1794-1850).
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Science & Technology 6
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Musée des Arts et Métiers
Science and technology museum located in Paris, France
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University of Tennessee
Public university in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States
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Uppsala Botanical Garden
Botanical Garden in Uppsala
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Jardin des Plantes, Toulouse
Garden in France
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Giardino botanico Clelia Durazzo Grimaldi
Botanical garden in Italy
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University Medicine Greifswald
Hospital and medical faculty of the University of Greifswald
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Religion & Belief Systems 12
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St. Louis Cathedral
Cathedral in New Orleans, USA
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Teşviki Mosque
Mosque in İstanbul, Turkey
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Auwal Mosque
Mosque in Cape Town, South Africa
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St. Mary's Cathedral
Cathedral in Jaffna, Sri Lanka
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Clairefontaine Abbey
Abbey in Belgium
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Nizhnaya Sinyachikha Church
Nizhnaya Sinyachikha Church (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Burhi Gosani Devalaya Jorhat
Hindu Shakta temple in Jorhat Assam
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Synagogue in Jevíčko
Church in Jevíčko
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Synagogue in Batelov
Synagogue in Batelov (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Transfiguration Church in Starye Pechory
Temple in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
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Saint Spirit Church in Shkin
Temple in Shkin, Russia
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Church of Saint Nicholas
Church of Saint Nicholas (Religion & Belief Systems).
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Economy & Trade 3
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Port of Odesa
Port in Ukraine
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Norton Rose Fulbright
Law firm
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Courtaulds
British textile company
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Social Movements & Revolutions 3
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Kościuszko Uprising
1794 failed rebellion against the second partition of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Warsaw Uprising
Armed uprising by Polish forces against the Russian garrison of Warsaw in 1794
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Greater Poland Uprising of 1794
Armed uprising of the Polish population
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Architecture & Engineering 9
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Arvfurstens palats
Palace in Stockholm from 1794
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Flå Church
Church in Melhus, Norway
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Evangelistria Monastery, Skiathos
Monastery in Skiathos Municipality, Greece
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Orthodox Church of Saint Demetrius in Sremska Mitrovica
Church building in Srem District, Serbia
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Trinity Church, Pervitino
Church building in Pervitino, Likhoslavlsky District, Tver Oblast, Russia
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Christ Church
Church in Washington, D.C., United States
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Misión San Pedro Mártir de Verona
Spanish mission in Baja California, Mexico
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Zion Lutheran Church
Church building in North Carolina, United States of America
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St Mary's Church
Grade II listed building in Broughton, Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
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Empires & Countries 3
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Zand Iran dissolved
Zand Iran ceased to exist, having been centered at Shiraz.
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Anglo-Corsican Kingdom founded
Anglo-Corsican Kingdom was founded, with its capital at Bastia.
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Tournaisis dissolved
Tournaisis ceased to exist, having been centered at Tournai.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records this entry only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. It is listed here because 1794 is where that broader date falls, not because it is known to have happened in 1794.
1790s 1
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Old Southeast Church
Church building in Southeast, New York
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